State size comparison
compared to
Maryland is about 5 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 20.06% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~11.2 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in Maryland).
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